Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 14:17:18 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "David O'Brien" <TrimYourCc@NUXI.com> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <XFMail.010115141718.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010114095524.B35126@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On 14-Jan-01 David O'Brien wrote: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 12:38:24PM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: >> > Just remember to change all the places that refer to 'i386' as the generic >> > name for the architecture if the 386 itself is dropped. :-) >> >> I think 'ia32' is a good name. :-) >> David? :-) > > I prefer "x86" as that is what the arch was known as until just > recently. Another reason is to have a little more difference between > this an "ia64" just to make reduce mis-reading and to help command-line > completion. :-) Not to mention the code will be shared for the x86-64, > and making a non-Intel designed called "Intel Architecture" is just yucky. IA32 is what the actual processor manuals from Intel call it. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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